plugin for hot topics/featured links

[infinix]

i need to implement the arrangement of topics in mybb forum like the one being used by http://www.nairaland.com the plugin is an smf and name of the mod/plugin is hot forum links and the link is http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/in...http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.ph

[RateU]

Based on the descriptions of the plugin, it seems that it is similar to this?
http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=474

[Kingsolomon]

How to male it to show in index.php not portal.php